The Royal Ordnance L7, officially designated Gun, 105 mm, Tank, L7, is the basic model of the United Kingdom's most successful tank gun. It is a 105 mm L/52 rifled design by the Royal Ordnance Factories, intended for use in armoured fighting vehicles, replacing the older QF 20-pounder (84 mm) gun mounted on the British Centurion tank. [1]

Designed by Ernest Vervier, the FN MAG or Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général became the principal general purpose machine gun of many Western nations. The MAG brings together design traits from a number of earlier weapons including the Browning Automatic Rifle and the German MG42.

The FN MAG (French: Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général, English: General Purpose Machine Gun) is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier.

The L7 was a 105 mm L/52 rifled design intended for use in armoured fighting vehicles. It was so successful that it armed not only British post-war designs, but was used almost universally in "the West" as the main armament of almost every main battle tank of the period.

The L2 BAT (Battalion, Anti-Tank) was a 120 mm calibre recoilless anti-tank rifle used by the British Army. It was also produced in the MOBAT version without a gun shield, and the ConBAT version with a new spotting rifle attachment.

Jul 28, 2017 · The L7 retained its proven gas-operated, open bolt design and was a "true machine gun" in that it fed from an ammunition belt. It was chambered for the ubiquitous 7.62x51mm NATO rifle cartridge and could produce suppression firepower up to 1,000 rounds-per-minute.

In the foreground a machine gunner carries an L7 general purpose machine gun while other members of his section have fixed bayonets to their L1A1 rifles. The FN MAG has been adopted by over a dozen countries and has been a key part …

Aug 24, 2018 · The FN MAG is an air-cooled, belt fed, gas-operated machine gun, and is available in three main versions: infantry, AFV, and aircraft. Utilizing the 7.62-51 standard NATO round has served with the British as the L7, the United States as the M240, and with the Swedes as …

The L7 is a 105 mm L/52 rifled design by the Royal Ordnance Factories intended for use in armoured fighting vehicles, replacing the earlier QF 20-pounder (84 mm) tank gun mounted on the Centurion tank.

The L7 was a 105 mm L/52 rifled design by the Royal Ordnance Factories intended for use in armoured fighting vehicles, replacing the earlier 20 pounder (84 mm) found on the Centurion. [1] The successful L7 gun armed many armored vehicles that include the British Centurion, and the German Leopard 1.